"Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection." — 1 Timothy 2:11

1 Timothy 2:11 · KJV

“Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.”

— 1 Timothy 2:11

But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.

But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

1 Timothy 2 — Context

In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; {broided: or, plaited}

But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.

Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.

But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

For Adam was first formed, then Eve.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 14:34-35

Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but {they are commanded} to be under obedience, as also saith the law.

Ephesians 5:22-24

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

1 Corinthians 11:3

But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman {is} the man; and the head of Christ {is} God.

Colossians 3:18

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.

1 Peter 3:5-6

For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:

Titus 2:5

{To be} discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

1 Peter 3:1

Likewise, ye wives, {be} in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;

Genesis 3:16

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire {shall be} to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. {to thy...: or, subject to thy husband}